The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2006
Waning Crescent
4.4% 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
5:34 AM
4:56 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 195.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.76° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.82° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.