The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
5:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.88° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.30° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.