The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 29, 2052
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
6:00 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1597
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 | 352.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.85° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.96° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.