The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
5:37 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 143.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 24.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.90° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.28° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.