The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2062
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1721
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.06° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.48° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.