The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
5:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1277
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 | 126.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.65° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.90° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.