The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:58 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 131.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 33.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.19° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.43° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.