The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 2073
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1858
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 | 247.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.50° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.45° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.