The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1954
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
8:36 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 385
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 | 223.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.80° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.81° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.