The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 2059
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
7:28 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1685
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 330.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.53° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.