The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
4:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 966
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 185.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.28° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.48° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.