The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 2176
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:10 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3131
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 | 214.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.51° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.67° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.