The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1997
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
9:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 238.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.24° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.73° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.