The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
1:59 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 671
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 | 98.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.60° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.22° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.