The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1979
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
6:33 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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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 | 354.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.70° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.