The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2009
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
3:02 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 206.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.46° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.80° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.