The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
4:22 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2687
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 38.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.21° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.64° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| 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.