The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
7:16 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1450
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.72° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.