The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1986
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:48 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 219.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.72° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.32° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.