The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:24 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 148.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.59° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.23° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.