The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1943
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
9:07 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 249
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 | 196.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.27° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.95° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.