The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2077
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
12:08 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1908
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.08° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.63° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.