The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1944
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
11:48 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 49.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.86° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.26° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.