The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2043
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
8:33 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1487
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 | 213.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.46° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.24° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.