The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1952
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
9:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 362
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 | 24.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.09° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.22° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.