The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 151.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.01° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.38° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.