The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
5:04 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.48° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.21° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.