The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Waning Crescent
23.9% 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
3:35 AM
1:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 301.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.99° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.13° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.