The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1988
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
11:26 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.78° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.23° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.