The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1958
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
9:21 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 435
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.33° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.