The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
3:55 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1289
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.75° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.46° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.