The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2046
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
11:28 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1524
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 | 262.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -26.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.87° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.25° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.