The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1970
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
9:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 252.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.35° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.55° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.