The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
4:12 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 119.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.42° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.63° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.