The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
2:10 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 744
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 | 102.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.98° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.51° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.