The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2149
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
9:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2798
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.69° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.15° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| 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.