The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.81° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.80° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.