The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 2111
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
9:52 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2327
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 | 237.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.10° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.21° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.