The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2123
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
1:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2475
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 | 305.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.09° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.07° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.