The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:29 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1982
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.22° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.66° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| 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.