The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1902
Waning Gibbous
74.9% 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
11:46 PM
9:37 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -258
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 | 240.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.50° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.87° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| 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.