The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
3:36 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2922
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 | 102.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.91° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.01° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.