The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1915
First Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
1:09 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.48° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.17° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.