The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 2043
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
9:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 233.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.71° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.67° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.