The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1973
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
12:54 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 621
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.83° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.81° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.