The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1906
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:43 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -209
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 | 340.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.63° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.63° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.