The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2128
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2537
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 | 246.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.31° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.37° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.