The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 2027
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
8:46 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1288
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.79° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.29° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.