The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2155
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
9:09 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2871
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 | 230.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.89° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.56° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.