The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
5:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2823
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.52° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.24° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.