The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
6:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -258
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 | 169.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 0.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.63° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.00° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.