The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 2052
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
4:38 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1598
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 199.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -9.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.32° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.23° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.