The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1957
Waning Crescent
1.0% 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
6:15 AM
5:46 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 422
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.30° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.13° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.