The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
5:42 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 146.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.12° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.87° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.