The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1960
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
8:39 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 460
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 | 24.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.90° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.