The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
5:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 155.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 16.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.84° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.52° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.