The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1914
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
2:53 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -110
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 | 322.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -25.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.91° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.94° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.