The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 29, 2188
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
8:44 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3280
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -1.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.52° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.76° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.