The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1987
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
4:58 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 194.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.08° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.01° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.