The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2197
Waxing Crescent
18.7% 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
8:56 AM
11:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3391
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.59° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.90° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.