The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2098
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
10:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2166
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 | 255.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.08° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.45° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| 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.