The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
4:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.62° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.38° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.