The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1908
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
2:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -184
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 211.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.65° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.05° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.