The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
9:40 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 832
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.11° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.61° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.