The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% 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
3:18 PM
5:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1511
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 | 143.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.14° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.66° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| 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.