The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2021
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
7:37 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 325.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / 1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.57° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.67° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 0.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.