The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 28, 2112
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
7:52 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2340
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 144.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.02° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.02° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.