The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2049
Waning Gibbous
85.3% 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
10:31 PM
8:43 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1560
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 | 225.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.55° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.64° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.