The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 2027
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
10:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1289
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.72° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.46° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.