The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
5:10 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 609
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 | 156.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 19.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 3.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.44° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.80° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.