The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2786
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 | 108.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.56° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.06° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.