The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
4:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3157
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 | 112.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.46° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.02° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.