The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
8:52 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1251
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.94° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.91° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.