The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1940
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.55° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.47° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.