The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1949
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:08 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 339.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 191.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.89° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.59° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.