The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 2011
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 294.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.56° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.