The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:38 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1276
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 22.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.07° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.47° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.