The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1937
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
7:51 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 207.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 307.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.51° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.49° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.