The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 1944
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
4:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 188.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.87° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.54° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.