The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2014
Waning Crescent
12.9% 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
5:14 AM
4:37 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.03° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.64° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.