The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1976
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
4:28 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 657
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.66° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.54° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.