The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
3:11 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 114.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.25° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.75° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.