The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1930
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:32 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 88
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 | 350.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 175.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.89° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.79° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.7° |
| 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.