The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 2043
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 222.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.82° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.52° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| 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.