The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 28, 2163
Waning Crescent
21.5% 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
3:47 AM
2:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2970
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 | 305.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.96° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.10° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.