The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2108
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
7:31 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2291
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:24 AM, is deepest at 4:02 AM and ends at 5:40 AM. Totality lasts from 3:34 AM to 4:30 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.85° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.