The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1919
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
10:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 255.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.19° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.23° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.