The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
7:17 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 275
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 339.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.91° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.51° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.