The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1971
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
8:22 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.18° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.64° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.