The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 1905
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
11:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.04° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.97° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.