The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
6:09 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 149.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.68° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.11° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.