The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2032
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
7:27 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1351
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.82° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.88° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.