The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1938
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
4:07 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 330.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.91° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.11° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.