The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1918
Waning Gibbous
96.9% 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
8:22 PM
7:32 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -60
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.01° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.72° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.