The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 29, 1924
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
1:28 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 14
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 | 298.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.03° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.92° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.