The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1916
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
1:12 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -85
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 | 300.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 223.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.43° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.40° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| 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.