The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2070
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
8:12 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1820
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 | 210.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.27° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.73° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.