The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 2104
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
10:49 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2242
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.32° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.70° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.