The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2166
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
3:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3008
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.92° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.50° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.