The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2066
Waning Crescent
8.9% 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
5:25 AM
3:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1770
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 | 325.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 204.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.78° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.04° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.