The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 29, 2024
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
9:14 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 236.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.95° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.06° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.