The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 21, 2037
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1412
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.95° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.17° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| 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.