The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1979
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
7:48 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 146.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.65° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.28° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.