The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 29, 1972
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
7:05 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 186.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.75° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.