The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2038
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
12:17 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1425
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.26° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.70° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.