The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 29, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
3:58 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.20° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.50° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.