The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1987
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
7:19 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 8.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.52° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.76° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.