The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 2000
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
8:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 954
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 | 206.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.66° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.66° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.