The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
6:02 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2327
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 | 156.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 13.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.65° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.80° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.