The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Waxing Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 10.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.21° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.97° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.