The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
2:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1610
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.23° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.43° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.