The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 2049
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
2:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1560
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.54° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.83° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.