The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2009
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
10:35 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1067
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 | 25.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.38° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.31° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.