The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2027
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
10:00 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1289
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 | 243.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.52° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.29° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.