The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2144
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
8:27 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2735
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 | 214.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.32° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.16° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| 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.