The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
6:19 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1721
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 13.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.43° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.52° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.