The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:58 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1214
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.47° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.