The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1918
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:01 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 345.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.88° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 195.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.