The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2078
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
8:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 201.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 316.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.46° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.30° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.