The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
4:11 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 130.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.34° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.76° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.