The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Waxing Crescent
13.6% 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
8:32 AM
10:43 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.19° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.14° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.