The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 1944
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
11:44 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 263
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 | 43.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.25° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.06° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.