The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
2:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 113.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.17° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.02° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.