The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1981
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:21 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.71° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.19° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.