The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2076
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1894
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.56° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.63° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| 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.