The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1956
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
8:07 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 214.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.56° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.