The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
2:43 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 23.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.08° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.