The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 2127
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
8:01 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2525
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 | 204.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.89° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.98° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| 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.