The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:49 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 136.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.33° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.56° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.