The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 29, 1944
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
12:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 75.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.52° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.88° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.