The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
6:44 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3095
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 | 158.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.32° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.60° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| 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.