The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1997
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
8:22 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 219.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.86° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.80° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.