The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2068
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
1:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1795
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 | 300.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.44° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.44° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.