The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1944
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 62.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.93° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.07° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.