The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1955
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.39° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.30° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.