The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 2100
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
9:03 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2191
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 | 236.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.62° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.93° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.