The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2003
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 991
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.51° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.65° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.