The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
8:19 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 206.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.50° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.48° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.