The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2179
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
10:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.42° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.15° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.