The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
5:35 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3428
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 | 155.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 17.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.51° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.07° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.