The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2020
Waxing Crescent
9.5% 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
9:13 AM
11:04 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1203
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 | 35.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 12.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.12° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.06° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.