The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
5:30 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 139.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.39° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.68° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.