The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 2081
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1956
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 | 248.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.62° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.29° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.