The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2042
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
8:08 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1474
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 140.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.85° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.97° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.