The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1943
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
12:32 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 249
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.91° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.88° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.