The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2158
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:26 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2908
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 169.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.43° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.07° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.