The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1945
Full Moon
99.8% 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
7:54 PM
7:43 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 275
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.82° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 12.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.