The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 2065
Last Quarter
49.4% 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
10:51 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1758
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.47° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.37° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.