The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1951
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.60° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.79° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.