The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
3:22 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 118.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.68° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.28° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.