The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
12:13 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 75.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.85° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.88° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.