The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 1994
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
8:16 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 216.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.67° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.88° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.