The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1968
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
11:20 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.51° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.07° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.