The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1935
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
1:07 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 150
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 | 298.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.15° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.19° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.