The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
4:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2995
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.19° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.41° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| 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.