The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2182
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
8:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3205
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 | 215.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.43° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.77° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.