The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 28, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
4:42 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2452
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.24° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.25° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.