The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2020
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1203
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 | 46.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.14° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.85° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.