The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1995
Waning Crescent
0.9% 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
6:17 AM
5:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 892
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 | 350.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.85° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.55° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.