The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1948
Waning Gibbous
79.3% 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
11:19 PM
9:25 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 234.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.21° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.87° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.