The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1901
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
9:42 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -270
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 | 35.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.20° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.56° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.