The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 2019
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
12:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.19° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.