The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2141
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
7:15 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2698
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 | 189.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 334.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.39° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.