The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2253
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.82° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.77° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.