The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1925
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 27
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 | 69.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 87.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.53° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.17° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.