The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 27, 2017
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
7:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 13.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 147.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.11° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.68° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.