The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1938
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
2:54 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 188
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 | 310.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.92° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.09° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.