The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2157
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
8:39 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2896
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 | 228.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.52° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.18° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.