The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1989
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
10:37 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 818
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.58° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.50° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.