The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 27, 2117
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
2:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2402
Events on this date
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 211.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -23.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.16° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.61° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.