The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
7:14 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.67° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.09° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 160.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.