The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1924
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
11:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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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 | 268.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.91° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.78° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.