The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2027
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
7:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1289
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.53° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.64° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.