The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
5:42 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1549
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 | 148.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.93° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.