The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 1978
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
9:35 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 682
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 | 236.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.80° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.93° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.