The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 27, 2169
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
6:59 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3045
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 158.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.09° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.64° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.