The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
1:59 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -35
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.21° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.85° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.