The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1973
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
2:07 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 309.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.03° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.80° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.