The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1905
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
1:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 297.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.37° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.11° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.