The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1964
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
8:04 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.61° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.71° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.