The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1922
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
8:21 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.33° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.