The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
5:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 609
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 | 167.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.62° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.64° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.