The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1930
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
4:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 89
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.38° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.78° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.