The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 2008
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
10:53 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 242.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.66° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.84° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.