The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
6:01 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 472
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.45° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.09° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.