The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 29, 2020
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 66.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.68° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.34° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.