The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 29, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 167.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.57° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.31° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.