The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1981
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
11:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 277.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.30° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.97° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.