The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
2:14 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.23° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.88° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.