The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1959
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 251.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.79° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.27° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| 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.