The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1973
Waning Crescent
26.7% 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
3:46 AM
1:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 620
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 226.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.94° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.61° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.