The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1973
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
11:54 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 277.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.74° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.62° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.