The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% 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
1:07 PM
3:22 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3157
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 | 99.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 21.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.29° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.20° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.