The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2185
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
3:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3243
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 | 308.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.12° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.31° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| 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.