The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
1:54 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -171
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 | 97.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.60° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.09° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.