The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1990
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
10:43 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 831
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.71° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.61° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.