The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1905
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
8:28 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 206.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.34° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.98° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.