The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1963
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
11:59 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.97° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.76° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.