The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1929
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
7:40 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 77
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 | 208.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -11.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.80° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.14° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.