The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2049
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
2:47 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1561
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.26° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.32° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.