The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1906
Waxing Crescent
25.8% 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
10:02 AM
11:37 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -208
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 | 60.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.96° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.98° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.