The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2175
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
7:06 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.93° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.88° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.