The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
6:15 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2019
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 350.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / -1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.05° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.71° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.