The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2075
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
12:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1882
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 | 77.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.85° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.72° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.