The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
6:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 167.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 1.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.46° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.53° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.