The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
8:32 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 214.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.06° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.76° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.