The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2103
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2228
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.31° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.64° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.