The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 2011
Waning Gibbous
83.9% 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
10:47 PM
8:46 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 227.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.95° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.04° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| 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.