The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1962
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
10:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 485
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 | 252.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.69° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.79° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.21° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.