The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2065
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
7:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1758
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 | 189.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 3.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.56° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.47° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.