The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1909
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
12:48 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 78.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.66° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.18° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.07° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.