The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2022
Waning Crescent
5.5% 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
6:16 AM
4:01 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.43° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.70° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.