The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2046
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
10:47 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1523
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.57° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.56° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.