The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 28, 2163
Waning Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
2:01 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2971
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.10° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.56° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.