The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1984
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
2:16 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 757
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 | 307.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.87° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.06° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.