The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
3:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 410
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.51° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.71° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.