The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
1:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.67° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.58° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.45° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.