The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1927
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.87° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.44° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.