The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2184
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
8:17 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3231
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.46° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.93° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.