The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2157
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
7:44 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2897
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 | 197.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.00° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.57° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.