The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
6:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -23
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 | 170.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.90° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.19° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.