The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% 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
12:56 PM
3:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2154
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.88° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.91° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| 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.