The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
2:18 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1709
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.87° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.06° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.