The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1949
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
7:15 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 324
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 153.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.88° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.19° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.