The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1931
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
10:19 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 101
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.09° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.47° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.