The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
5:04 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -233
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.60° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.48° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| 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.