The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
4:45 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 101
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.06° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.27° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.