The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
5:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2254
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 | 146.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 11.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.75° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.25° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.