The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1961
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
12:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 472
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.35° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.20° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.