The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1976
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
5:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 338.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 198.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.29° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.94° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.