The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1992
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
1:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 856
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.52° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.61° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.