The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2000
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
11:10 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.02° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.80° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.