The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1990
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
9:27 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 31.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.13° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.81° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.