The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1925
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
4:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 26
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.85° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.45° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.