The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1903
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
1:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.63° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.47° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| 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.