The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 29, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
3:45 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1845
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.09° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.46° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.