The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1969
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 62.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.21° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.85° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.