The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
4:01 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 120.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.04° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.71° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.