The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
3:40 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1611
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 | 109.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.72° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.72° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.