The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2060
Waning Gibbous
76.7% 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
11:27 PM
9:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1696
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 | 237.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.74° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.86° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.