The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
11:29 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 55.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.15° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.44° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.