The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:27 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1289
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 24.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.39° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.12° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| 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.