The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1900
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
3:21 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -282
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 | 315.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.12° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.70° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.