The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 2118
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
7:33 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2414
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 148.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.12° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.11° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.