The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1974
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
12:18 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 634
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 | 58.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.54° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.82° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.