The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 1998
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
6:31 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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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 | 353.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 173.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.49° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.