The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2015
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
9:48 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.02° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.09° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.