The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2070
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
7:43 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1821
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.01° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.28° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.