The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2022
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
2:46 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1227
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 | 301.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.82° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.97° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.