The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
12:00 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.59° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.40° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.