The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
6:14 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 179.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.80° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.04° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.