The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
5:44 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2661
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.52° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.61° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.