The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 1997
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
9:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 231.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.64° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.96° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.