The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% 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
2:27 PM
4:39 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 133.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.73° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.15° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.