The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2051
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
8:17 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1585
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.67° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.10° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.