The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2103
Waning Gibbous
77.8% 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
12:13 AM
9:39 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2229
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 | 236.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.62° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.31° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.