The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2106
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
1:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2266
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 | 280.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.24° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.34° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.