The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
6:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1079
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 353.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.00° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.72° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.