The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2027
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
7:30 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1288
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.83° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.