The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:12 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 132.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.77° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.62° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.