The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2057
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
1:11 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1660
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 | 281.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.96° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.69° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.