The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 2010
Full Moon
99.9% 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
6:47 PM
6:45 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 346.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.21° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 197.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.