The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1948
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
8:58 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 311
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.28° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.72° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.