The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
5:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1413
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.96° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.66° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.