The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
8:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 7.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 133.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.49° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.99° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.