The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
4:00 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 129.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.85° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.16° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| 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.