The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1968
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
5:48 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 353.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.25° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.21° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.