The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
5:27 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 546
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 27.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.11° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.30° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.