The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1919
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
4:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 336.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.68° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.52° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.