The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2079
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
3:12 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1931
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.06° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.89° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.