The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2087
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
8:52 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2030
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 | 226.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.86° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.06° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.