The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1979
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
8:58 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 27.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.08° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.