The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 2074
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
2:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1869
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.49° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.38° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.