The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
2:28 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -196
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.43° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.53° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.