The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1984
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 756
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 | 244.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.19° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.84° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.