The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 28, 2199
Waxing Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
10:27 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3416
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.13° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.49° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.