The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1929
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
9:16 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 228.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.91° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.