The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1919
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
3:32 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 323.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 208.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.91° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.32° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.