The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 954
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 | 297.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.00° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.96° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.