The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1921
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
10:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -23
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 | 260.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.69° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.83° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.