The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 1983
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
6:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 745
Events on this date
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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 | 178.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 345.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.09° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.