The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2012
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:19 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1102
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.72° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.76° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.