The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 2019
Waning Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
1:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 295.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.15° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.57° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.