The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1965
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.61° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.20° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.