The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1986
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
7:15 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 201.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.12° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.39° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.