The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2009
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
9:23 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.60° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.53° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.