The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
3:55 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 117.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.00° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.98° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.