The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2090
Waning Crescent
10.7% 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
5:35 AM
4:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2068
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 195.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.44° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.66° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.