The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
2:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2290
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 | 109.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.31° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.80° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.