The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2051
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
7:20 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1586
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.10° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.