The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 1995
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
3:40 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 319.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.94° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.32° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.