The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
2:00 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 99.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.42° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.24° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.