The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1949
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
6:15 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 323
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 166.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.01° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.61° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 0.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.