The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 2024
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
8:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 217.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.65° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.64° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.