The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1960
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
7:25 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 156.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.74° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.91° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.