The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 2009
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
9:26 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 122.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.73° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.00° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.