The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2016
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
9:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 234.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.74° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.34° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.