The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
3:01 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1449
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.35° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.28° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.