The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2004
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
1:51 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.25° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.05° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.