The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1980
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 73.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.65° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.58° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.