The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2033
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:56 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1362
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.30° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.16° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.