The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1967
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
9:23 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 546
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 235.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.75° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.68° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.