The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1981
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
10:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.50° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.00° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.