The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 1956
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
7:36 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 201.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.80° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.14° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.