The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 29, 2008
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
11:11 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 276.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.18° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.30° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.