The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1996
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
9:37 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 119.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 4.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.71° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.90° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.