The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
4:40 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 806
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 | 126.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.51° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.20° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.