The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1928
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
12:57 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 65
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 | 79.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.71° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.27° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.