The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 1985
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
8:11 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 769
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 | 21.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.64° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.18° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.