The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2135
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
7:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2624
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.11° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.41° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.