The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
5:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1648
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 | 128.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.33° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.86° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.