The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
4:58 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 7.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.86° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.58° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.