The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1948
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
7:49 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 214.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.11° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.94° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.