The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2030
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
8:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1325
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 | 225.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.47° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.85° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.