The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 29, 2116
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
8:08 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2389
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 | 200.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.83° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.74° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.