The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1933
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:05 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 125
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 | 324.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 203.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.81° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.76° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.