The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2017
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
7:32 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -1.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.79° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.