The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
7:49 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -11.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.74° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.24° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.