The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2040
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
7:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1450
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / 0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.00° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 29.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.