The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2158
Waning Crescent
9.8% 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
5:44 AM
5:01 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2909
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 193.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.62° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.15° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.