The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1943
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
11:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 251.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.69° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.91° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| 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.