The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
4:39 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 112.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.43° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.88° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| 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.