The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 29, 2076
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:02 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1894
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 | 296.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.54° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.99° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.