The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2060
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
3:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1697
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 | 312.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 199.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.25° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.79° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.