The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1903
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
6:52 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.14° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.35° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.