The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2103
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2229
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 | 224.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.63° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.15° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.