The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
7:06 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1685
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 | 163.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 345.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.53° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.07° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.