The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
3:50 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2921
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.69° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.48° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.