The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1950
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
11:07 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 53.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.96° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.67° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.