The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
2:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2080
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.98° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.98° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.