The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2107
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2278
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.33° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.24° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.