The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1954
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
11:11 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -24.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.86° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.83° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.