The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
5:11 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 129.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.71° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.46° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.