The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1913
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
9:16 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -121
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.96° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.35° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.