The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1986
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
7:43 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 782
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.76° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.54° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.