The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
6:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 4.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.01° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.42° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.