The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2198
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:10 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3404
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 | 253.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.17° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.12° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.