The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 2016
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.62° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.23° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.