The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 1994
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
6:47 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.43° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.95° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.