The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 2070
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
8:44 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1820
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.61° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.88° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.