The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1908
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
1:35 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -184
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.04° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.86° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.