The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
3:27 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1474
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 49.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.17° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.68° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.