The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1910
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
9:23 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -159
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.87° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.44° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.