The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 1998
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
7:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.66° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.49° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.