The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 2086
Full Moon
99.8% 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
6:53 PM
6:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2018
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 343.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.68° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.