The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:38 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1301
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.78° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.79° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.