The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2093
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
1:59 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2104
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 | 307.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.06° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.19° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.