The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
6:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 165.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.69° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.59° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.