The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 2002
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
8:13 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 979
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 | 198.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.87° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.30° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.