The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1989
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
7:41 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 191.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 330.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.66° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.42° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.