The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 2054
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
11:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1622
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.32° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.10° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.