The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1971
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
9:33 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 32.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 121.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.99° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.63° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.