The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2163
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
12:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2971
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.24° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.38° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.