The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 1905
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:37 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 285.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 239.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.38° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.93° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.