The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1940
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
9:02 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 233.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.28° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.54° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| 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.