The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2169
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
1:29 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3044
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 | 303.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -23.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.40° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.04° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.