The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1976
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
4:19 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 327.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.26° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.73° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.