The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
6:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 682
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.23° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.93° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.