The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1941
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
2:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 307.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.16° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.09° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.