The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1900
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
4:31 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 197.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.48° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.70° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.