The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 29, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
5:52 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -233
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.70° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.34° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.