The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 1995
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
4:45 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 892
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 194.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.13° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.34° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.