The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
5:50 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 15.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.39° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.53° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.