The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 29, 2120
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
7:37 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2439
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 151.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.07° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.48° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.