The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
4:42 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 135.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.23° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.36° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.