The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2147
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2772
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 | 247.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.87° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.18° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.