The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2187
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3268
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.65° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.72° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.