The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2155
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
1:38 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2871
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 | 307.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.70° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.58° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.