The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 2046
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
7:27 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1523
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.48° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.66° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.