The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2168
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
9:45 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3033
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 | 226.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.83° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.93° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.