The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2046
Waning Gibbous
66.6% 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
1:32 AM
10:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1524
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 246.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.88° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.08° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.