The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1622
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 356.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 12.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.21° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.93° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.