The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1999
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 71.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.03° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.77° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.