The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
7:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 164.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 344.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.81° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.49° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.