The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1921
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -23
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 | 248.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.11° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.67° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.