The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1983
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
8:13 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 744
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 | 198.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 321.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.88° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.50° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.