The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1936
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
5:15 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 345.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 184.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.04° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.70° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.