The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
6:16 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 152.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 23.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.00° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.77° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.