The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 2171
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:05 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3070
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 232.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.68° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.94° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.