The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
3:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 105.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.01° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.31° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.