The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2055
Waning Crescent
20.1% 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
4:01 AM
2:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1634
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 | 306.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.95° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.56° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.