The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1970
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.61° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.60° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| 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.