The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2033
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
4:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1362
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.21° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.96° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.