The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
5:12 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 28.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.94° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.71° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.