The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1911
Waning Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
11:25 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -147
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.93° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.83° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.