The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1946
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:02 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 310.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 216.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.53° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.46° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.