The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 27, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
2:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3020
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.37° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.10° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.