The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 2022
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
3:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 197.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.77° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.17° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.