The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
5:53 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 156.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.59° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.46° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.