The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1998
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
1:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 294.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.99° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.32° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.