The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1960
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
1:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 459
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.81° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.71° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.