The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 2144
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
2:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2735
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 | 304.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.14° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.30° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.