The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2152
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
11:25 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2834
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.60° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.48° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.