The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2008
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
10:06 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.77° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.66° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.