The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1932
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
10:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 113
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 | 256.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.34° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.93° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.