The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2028
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
4:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1301
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.11° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.20° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.