The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1975
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
9:16 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 216.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.39° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.57° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.