The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2068
Waning Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
2:37 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 294.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 222.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.38° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.12° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.