The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 2021
Waning Gibbous
97.3% 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
8:07 PM
8:11 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 198.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 321.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.62° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.10° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.