The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2183
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3219
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 | 50.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.68° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.91° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.