The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 2003
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
2:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.41° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.88° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.