The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2107
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
11:09 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2279
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 14.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.76° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.98° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.