The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 29, 1992
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
2:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 855
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 212.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.25° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.61° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.