The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1970
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
9:10 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -27.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.12° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.78° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.