The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
2:25 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.14° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.70° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.