The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
8:15 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.89° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.68° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.