The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1994
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
7:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.80° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.74° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.