The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
2:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.51° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.58° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.