The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% 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
1:09 PM
3:39 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.70° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.82° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.