The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 2028
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
2:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1300
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 | 319.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 208.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.22° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.41° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.