The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1953
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
6:53 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 347.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.93° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.51° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.