The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2079
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1931
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 | 247.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.44° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.64° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.