The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 1916
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
8:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -85
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 | 210.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.61° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.25° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.