The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
4:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3391
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 | 131.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.57° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.73° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.