The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1971
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
9:41 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 597
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 | 26.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.19° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.43° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.