The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2014
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
10:40 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1127
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.39° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.05° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| 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.