The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2065
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
11:46 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1759
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.11° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.06° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.