The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1966
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 63.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.88° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.85° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.