The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2074
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
8:13 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.43° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.