The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1913
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
10:39 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -122
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.41° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.29° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.