The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1987
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
6:09 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 349.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.01° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.22° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.