The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2084
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
10:34 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1994
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -26.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.21° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.69° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.