The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 1966
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
7:28 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 148.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.31° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.99° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.