The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
2:46 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 110.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.34° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.88° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.