The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
8:51 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 26.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.48° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.