The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1992
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
8:43 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 855
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 | 226.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.41° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.24° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.