The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1970
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
10:25 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.69° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.72° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.