The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:34 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -133
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.67° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.02° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.