The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1910
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
9:01 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -159
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.02° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.29° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.