The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2005
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
9:09 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 232.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.53° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.28° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.