The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
12:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 66.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.43° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.20° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.