The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2038
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
8:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1424
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.50° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.26° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.