The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% 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
3:57 PM
5:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2117
Events on this date
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.22° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.98° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| 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.