The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
5:14 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3194
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 | 138.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.26° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.19° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.