The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2079
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
1:54 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1932
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.73° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.17° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.