The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:33 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.25° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.46° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.