The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 29, 1948
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 246.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.65° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.02° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.