The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1964
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
7:33 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.38° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.43° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.