The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2011
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
1:36 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 302.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.31° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.04° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.