The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
3:34 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 119.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.15° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.