The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 29, 2144
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
2:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2735
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 | 316.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.84° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.49° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.