The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1986
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
9:14 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 781
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.90° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.47° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.