The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2057
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
12:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1659
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 | 286.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.68° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.01° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.