The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2108
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
8:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2290
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.49° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.19° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.