The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2106
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
12:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2265
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 | 290.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.00° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.68° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.