The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2005
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
8:46 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -7.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.58° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.12° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.