The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 2097
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
8:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2154
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 | 209.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -1.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.27° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.08° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.