The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
5:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 137.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.33° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.11° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.