The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1995
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
10:43 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 892
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 | 259.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.66° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.24° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.