The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1959
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
8:17 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 219.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.19° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.17° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| 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.