The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 1978
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
8:14 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.01° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.00° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.