The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2188
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
1:02 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3279
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.19° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.67° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.