The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1979
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
7:43 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 696
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 | 7.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.33° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.08° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.