The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2011
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:31 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 283.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 228.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.20° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.52° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.