The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2179
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
10:25 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3168
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 | 260.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.01° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.67° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.