The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2082
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
6:31 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1969
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 | 341.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 170.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.90° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.34° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.