The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
3:15 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 116.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.34° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.65° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.