The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
5:14 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 844
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 | 160.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 15.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.79° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.00° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.