The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 435
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.51° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.08° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.