The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
3:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.73° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.40° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.