The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2076
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
12:54 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1895
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.33° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.49° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.