The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 2041
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
2:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1461
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 | 318.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 207.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.81° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.30° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.