The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
5:29 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.51° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.01° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.