The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1937
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:18 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 219.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.76° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.64° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.