The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2081
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
9:06 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1956
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 | 236.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.97° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.13° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.