The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2005
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
7:13 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 202.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 308.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.18° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.19° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.