The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
3:05 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3256
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.25° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.63° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.