The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% 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
3:31 PM
5:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3058
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 | 129.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.18° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.42° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| 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.