The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2008
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
7:28 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.26° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.