The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
3:09 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.58° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.49° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| 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.