The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1976
Waning Crescent
1.7% 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
6:05 AM
5:27 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 345.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 185.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.04° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.74° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.