The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2093
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
8:34 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2106
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 134.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.33° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.16° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.