The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 28, 2195
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
8:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3366
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 | 233.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.13° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.62° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.