The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2179
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:03 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.95° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.32° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.