The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
2:34 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.22° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.42° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.