The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 2051
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:49 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 193.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.91° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.66° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.