The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2068
Waning Crescent
40.2% 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
3:19 AM
1:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 281.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.29° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.93° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| 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.