The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2069
New Moon
0.2% 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
6:53 AM
6:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1808
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.64° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.83° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 170.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.