The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2003
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
2:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 320.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 206.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.69° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.