The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1973
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
8:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 232.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.05° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.60° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.