The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2144
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
1:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2735
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.22° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.11° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| 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.