The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1992
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
1:58 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 855
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 220.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -21.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.48° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.42° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.