The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 29, 2184
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:45 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3230
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.34° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.37° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.