The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
4:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 135.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.71° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.91° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| 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.