The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
3:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1375
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.34° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.08° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| 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.