The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2130
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
10:00 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2562
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 | 240.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.56° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.00° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.