The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 1997
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 249.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.82° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.89° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.