The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1982
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
10:36 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 732
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 | 48.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.79° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.14° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.