The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2160
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
10:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2934
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 | 246.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -23.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.44° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.51° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.