The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1965
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
2:42 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 521
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 | 318.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 208.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.40° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.27° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.