The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1998
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
7:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.00° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.29° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.