The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2028
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
10:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1301
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.25° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.06° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.