The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 2076
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
12:08 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1894
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.38° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.81° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.