The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
4:28 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 52
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 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.07° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.66° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.