The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2049
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1561
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.03° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.12° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.