The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2198
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
10:11 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3404
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 | 240.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.92° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.95° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| 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.