The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2023
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
1:45 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 73.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.63° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.14° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.