The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2089
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
9:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2055
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 | 229.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.24° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.67° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.