The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2190
Last Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
11:13 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3304
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.04° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.10° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.