The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 2128
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
4:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2537
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 191.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.68° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.63° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.