The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1975
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
8:41 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 203.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.49° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.43° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.