The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
4:59 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2724
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 | 133.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.51° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.80° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.