The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1931
First Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
2:36 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.32° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.38° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.