The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1982
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
4:05 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 731
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -19.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.11° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.67° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.