The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
2:29 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2018
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.20° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.31° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.