The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1917
Waxing Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -71
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 | 58.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.17° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.