The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 1922
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
7:25 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 9.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.33° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.53° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.