The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
6:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 917
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 356.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.26° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.16° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.