The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1935
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
8:20 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 150
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 | 215.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -7.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.51° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.03° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.