The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 29, 1940
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
11:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.08° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.64° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.