The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
3:26 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 108.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.18° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.77° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| 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.