The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 27, 2172
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
11:18 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3083
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.51° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.20° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| 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.